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2 Wheel. Cr. Cas. 620

State v. Evans

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1820

Ohio Supreme Court · decided 1820-07-01

On the part of the traverser, it was contended, that the legislature, in the second section of the above act, in the following words, “ that every company or association that shall lend money, and shall issue by their officer- or officers, or by any person or persons, bonds, notes, or bills payable to bearer, or payable to order, and endorsed in blank, or use other shift or ■ device, whereby the bonds, notes, or bills, given by such company or association, or on their…

Decided 1820-07-01

¶1The jury retired after receiving the charge of Judge Thompson, who declared the law constitutional, and thought that from the strictness which had been used in framing that law, and the precision in its penning, particularly in defining a bank within the meaning of the act.

¶2The jury returned a sealed verdict, finding the facts *622of passing the money, and under the knowledge of its kemg unauthorized, and said, if the court think the bill money, we find the defendant guilty, if not money, not guilty.

¶3After continuing the point under advisement several days, the court decided, the bill was not money, and the defendant was acquitted.

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